[flesso]

Originally Posted by MonteJon

Wow ! I did'nt expect such a swift and helpful reply from you all, I'm sorry I've not replied sooner !
I must say I'm impressed by the quality of the posts and feel quite re-assured.
I've had a look at some of the tutorials and I actually understood them . . . Whatever next !
So, you're now in joint first place as far as me choosing a new host goes.
I'd just appreciate a few more answers if possible.

Why choose the Linux hosting plan and not windows. I'm currently using XP and don't really want to change [I told you I was'nt too well informed . . . ]

I'm confused about your mention of transferring domain name etc.
How much of "wysifauthoring.informe.com" would I be able to keep ?

How many forums do you actually host and what forum software is the most popular ?
[as in IPB/vBulletin/phpBB etc]

I await an answer with interest.
Thankyou all so much once again for all your help !
Jon

Windows is crap for web hosting to be totally honest with you. If you want to use forum software such as phpBB or vBulletin, or any other PHP/MySQL powered forum system then you would be best off with Linux as PHP and MySQL are only really designed for Linux; you will also encouter better uptime with Linux as Windows is less stable than Linux (it's a fact of life). 'wysifauthoring.informe.com' is a subdomain, so unless you have access to the DNS of informe.com you will not be able to host under the subdomain, so I highly suggest that you buy a new domain, however if you do own informe.com you will be able to transfer it over into the control of you're euk account, with ease; I won't go into the technical aspects of that now. We currently host over 6000 website hostings, most of which are running forums. All our servers are running PHP5 and MySQL 5.